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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Sarah Sundin continues the action and romance of WWII in On Distant Shores

Trusting God in the
midst of trials

Sarah Sundin continues
the action and romance

of WWII in On Distant Shores

Through the good and the bad, God wants us to rely on Him in every
situation. Never was there a time so tenuous and uncertain as the battlefields
of WWII, the setting for Sarah Sundin’s newest release in the Wings of the
Nightingale series,On Distant
Shores(Revell/August 1, 2013/ISBN:
978-0-8007-2082-7/$14.99). Sundin explores the uncertainty we face when
life doesn’t go as planned, emphasizing the need to turn to God always. Sundin fittingly
chose James 1:5-6 as the theme for the story: “If any of you lack wisdom, let
him ask of God... and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing
wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind
and tossed.”

With
her eye for detail and flair for romance, Sundin weaves a captivating tale of
two souls looking for peace in a time of conflict. Lt. Georgiana Taylor has
everything she ever wanted: a close-knit family, a boyfriend back home and a
challenging job as a flight nurse. A social butterfly, Georgie has always
relied on others to make decisions, but with the war taking her thousands of
miles from her loved ones, she must learn to turn to God for wisdom. And her
life becomes even more complicated when she meets Army pharmacist Sgt. John
Hutchinson in Sicily in July of 1943.

Hutch
resents the lack of respect he gets as a noncommissioned serviceman and hates
being away from his fiancée. Brought together by the perils of war, Hutch and
Georgie grow closer as their lives back home fall apart. The lives they
pictured for themselves crumble as life takes them down an unexpected route. Will
the pressures of war destroy the fragile connection Hutch and George share?

Although
set in a different era and place, Sundin’s characters wrestle with issues that
continue to be prevalent in the twenty-first century. Georgie, as a nurse,
outranks enlisted Hutch despite his bachelor’s in pharmacy. Like many couples today,
Georgie and Hutch must work through the potential tensions of gender
role-reversal in the workplace. Sundin hopes her characters’ struggles show
readers how all relationships must be handled with the utmost care, respect,
and humility.

Another
underlying verse is Colossians 3:23, “Whatsoever
ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.” Hutch battles with
bitterness as his goals are continuously thwarted and the friction that comes
with the chain of command. Like many of us when we face discord in the
workplace, Hutch must learn to be content and work for God’s glory, not man’s.

Sundin
has spent countless hours scouring WWII history books to give her stories an
accurate picture of what life looked like for the characters in her books. She
even had the chance to travel to Italy and southern France to visit various
areas connected to WWII. “So much about the World War II era appeals to me — the
music and fashions, the adventure and drama, and the inherent romance of living
in uncertain times,” Sundin explains. “Also, the vast scope of the war inspires
countless story ideas to explore.” Following With Every Letter (book 1, released last fall) and On Distant Shores, look for the final
book in the Wings of the Nightingale series, In
Perfect Time (August 2014).

Readers
can connect with Sarah Sundin at her On
Distant Shores Facebook party on September 3 at 8:00 PM EDT where she will
chat with readers, answer questions, and give away books. Watch for more
details on her Facebook page (SarahSundinAuthor). For
more information on Sarah Sundin and her books, visit www.sarahsundin.com.

Advance
Praise

“Sarah Sundin is a master of World War II romance! On
Distant Shores swept me back seventy years into a whirlwind love story that
took me to airfields, hospitals, and cities all over the Mediterranean. Kudos
to Sarah for writing another exciting novel for those of us who love reading
her historical fiction.”

~ Melanie
Dobson, award-winning author of The Silent Order and Love Finds You
in Mackinac Island, Michigan

“I love a great love story, all the more one that’s
set during WWII. Sarah Sundin has given us both. You can’t help but care about
her characters, and the romantic tension kept me turning the pages to the very
end. It’s a fabulous addition to her Wings of the Nightingale series. I already
can’t wait to read the next one.”

~ Dan
Walsh, bestselling author of The Discovery, The Reunion, and The
Dance

About the Author

Sarah
Sundin
is the author of On Distant Shores
and With Every Letter in the Wings of
the Nightingale series from Revell, and also the Wings of Glory series. In
2011, A Memory Between Us was a finalist in the Inspirational Reader’s
Choice Awards, and Sundin received the Writer of the Year Award at the Mount
Hermon Christian Writers Conference. She belongs to American Christian Fiction
Writers, Christian Authors Network, and Advanced Writers and Speakers
Association. Sundin plans to
continue to focus on WWII for her upcoming series about three naval officers
based in Boston during the early years of the war.

A graduate of UC San Francisco
School of Pharmacy, Sundin works on-call as a hospital pharmacist. During WWII,
her grandfather served as a pharmacist’s mate (medic) in the Navy, and her
great-uncle flew with the US Eighth Air Force in England.

Sundin lives in northern California
with her husband and three children. When she isn’t ferrying kids to tennis and
karate, she teaches Sunday school and women’s Bible studies.

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